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The Home Circle

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 20, 1882

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 8, No. 16.

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The Home Circle.

ONE LITTLE ACT.

I SAW a man with tottering steps, Come down a graveled walk one day: The honored frost of many years Upon his scattered, thin locks lay. With trembling hand he strove to raise The latch that held the little gate, When rosy lips looked up and smiled— A silvery child voice said, "Please wait."
A little girl ope'd wide the gate, And held it till he passed quite through, Then closed it, raising to his face Her modest eyes of winsome blue. "May Heaven bless you, little one," The old man said, with tear-wet eyes; "Such deeds of kindness to the old Will be rewarded in the skies."
'Twas such a little thing to do— A moment's time it took--no more; And then the dancing, graceful feet, Had vanished through the school-room door. And yet I'm sure the angels smiled, And penned it down in words of gold; 'Tis such a blessed thing to see The young so thoughtful for the old.